The Sun. — London, England, 1808-10-22 00:00:00

n ; 1 1 r 1 I Ore are under orders to move forward immediately. distribution of the : Artny of Galicia is as fol lows :—vanguard, at Quintana de Martin Galendes, and the adjacent villages.—First division, at Quip tana Maria, and its adjacent villages.—Second ditto, Bissucees, and vicinity.—Third, Bilboa, in quiet possession.—Head-quarters Traspaderne. The ene- Inv , are at Cascajeres, Cubo, St. Maria, Miranda, Pantorbo, Briviesca, Burgos, and Le Rioja. But they are in motion for a general retreat, and we are ready to follow them in bale an hour.—Rely on our success—Adieu. Pray for us.:—Say as we do here, Bendita sea la Causa ; Vencer o morer por FEaistAN DO VII. Blessed be the cause ; to conquer or die 'for FERDINAND VlL—Health and Vi6tory. MAILS. ARRIVITL—: Dublin. Duz-3 Gottenburgh, q Waterford. PRICE , OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. 67i I Omnium - dis. Consols - - THE SUN. dOLENI faIIIS DICElpt ZALSUIVI AUDZAT L 0 N D 0 IV, A.T1.7 . 2,DAY; OCTOEZI3. FLAG OF TRUCE, ESTERDAY a Vessel from Boulogne, with a Flag of Truce, arrived in the Downs, with two Russian and . one French cel: on board. The former immediately landed, and set out for London, where they arrived last night about eleven o'clock. The following is the Letter which we have re- ceived from our Deal Correspondent upon this sub- jea : " DEAL, OCT. 21.- 1 c ba.re but a moment to ac- quaint you that a Flag of Truce from France arrived in the Downs this morning, bringing two Russian and cue French Officers, who left Boulogne about. 12 o'clock last night. The former immediately pro- ceeded, in a chaise and four, attended with the Flag, Lieutenant CRAMER, to London, said,to be charged with Dispatches of a Pacific Nature. 'The French Officer, after waiting upon Lords HAWKEBURY, and CASTLEREAGH, ndw at Waitner Castle, was ordered on board the Clyde, Cornrnodore Owtg, there to wait till further orders from London." These Officers were the healers of dispatches from the EMPEROR of RUSSIA and BUONAFARTE, who are at Erfurth ; and we have no doubt but they contain some propositions of a Pacific nature. It is not difficult to 'perceive the drift of such a measure. ALEXA . ND4R is too well acquainted with. his unpo- pularity at St. Petersnurgn, to enter wholly into the plans of BUONAPARTE before he has endeavoured, or appeared to endeavogr, to obtain Peace from Eng- land. And such an attempt is equally necessary for the Corsican, to make his Conscription, 'and his in- famous conduct to the Spaniards, go doWn with his own Subjeds.. Besides, lie may hope to embarrass the Government of this Country, by an, insidious proposoion for Pra':e; and he has good reason to know that there is NI party here that will strenu- ously co-operate with him in any plan of that kind. —We do not, of course, • pryeud to know the specific nature of the propositions from Erfurth, but .we shall not be surprised to "find that they are something to the following aka, viz. That the Emperor ALEXANDER and BvoNArARTE, being desirous of putting an end to the horrors of War, are not only willing but desirous of errtering into a Peace with Great Britain; that from the insular situa- tion of Great Britain, she can have no interest on the Continent, nor aiiy right to interfere in its disputes; that the Peace proposed, theeefore, is to be a Mari- . - time Peace.` We shall not be surprised if in these Dispatches the Goanment of this Country are told, that we have no right to assist the Spaniards .—that it is a mere family quarrel, • with which we, as Islanders, have nothing to do. Such are the terms, or something like them, which we. have lit- tle doubt ALEXANDER and BUONAPARTE have pro- posed to this Country terms which, We believe, not, a mars in the Kipgdotn—no, not even Mr. WHIT- BREAD, I,vould accept. The Stocks rose one per rent. this-morning-. The following Letter is from a British Officer at present acting with the Army unclerGen,BLA RE it contains some interesting information respecting the positions of she Spanish and French Armies, and their numbers. From the statement contained in this jitter, it appOars that the Spaniel) Armies ?mount to 109,000 . men, the greater part of which are Regulars, and they have, we tract, before this time been reinforced by the Marquis DE TtomANA's Army, and bythe British Troops under the command of Sir D. BAIRD : " Trias, Sept. 27, 184. " As a Cornier is just setting out, I take the opportunity to inform you, that every thing goes on here to the utmost of our wishes. The army of Castana is at Levia. A few days will bring the enetny to a general anion, the result of which , cannot be doubtful. Great discontent prevails among the enemy ; and they also labour under a scarcity of provisions. This army gives a little disquiet to the right; we shall close them to-morrow. I yesterday went with General Blake, close to the advanced posts, in order to reconnoitre from a hill near Ona. We plainly saw all the line and position, in Mi randa and its vicinity. Blake secs clear. " The order of . the enemy seems to be thus (to use the words of a Lieutenant- Calonel, who deserted from the French at Vittoria) : —Au quel elle s'esf borne en appuyant les epau les de son centre au Fort de Pampelune, pour proteger ses defiles dans; lo cas que l i on ne puisse se tenir sur L'Ebro.— The right is'appuye on the defile of Pancorbo ; its centre being at Miranda del Ebro, the head-qUarters of the .mi-dirdm King. It tiles alOng the Ebro to Lograno, the head-quarters of the centre. ,The left keeps up the communication appuye on the little mountain of Lade, which is the head-quarters of Mar shal Aloneey. His corps, he says, is destined to keep in check Loreggo, and to oloNerve the Spanish corps at Cala bona and Tudela, :which threatens, he says, to cut off the communicatron between the left and the centre of the French army. . _ _ " - This French Officet adds, that there are in left of our's icsoroo men, id centre 73,000. in right 'sow, &o pieces of field artiliery —nor does he diminish. According to this statement, we are three times stronger "than the enemy. Caution indeed is to be observed in giving credit to the. state ment of a Frenchman. - Time° Danaos et dona ferentes. Now let me give you the amount (gene Spanish force : 'Cavalry. Infantry. CAsr a No s ; s Army - 2500 - 26,000 P. K E'S ditto - 251 - - 33,000 C u esr is ChM) - 1500 - ID, 00 LLAMA S'S • - aco - - 20,000 PA LA FOX'S - - 500 - - 20,000 " In tsturias there are 16,000 men ;. besides armies of re. serve are forming in all the provinces to supply the respedive ones. After this enumeration of our forces, can any fears be felt tor the result of the first general a6tion." Yesterday morning the. QUEEN .and Princesses ELIZABETH, MARY, and SUPHIA, took an airiniz to the Cottage at Old Windsor. On Thursday his MAJESTY and the PRINCESS ES, with their attendants, t oo k their usual ride on horse back in Windsor Park. Parliament, it is now positively asserted, will meet .for the iliipatch of business on the Bth of January . next, and not -before. 'Letters and papers have been received from Hali fax to the 23d ult. at which date Sir GEORGE PRE VOST was on the.point of sailing with a British force • of 4000 men, admirably appointed, and in an excel lent state of discipline. His'clestination - not being known, was, of course, the subject of anxious con-• jetture, which appears to have been divided between Martinique and Spam. Only a few troops, it was supposed, would remain at Halifax, among wnith is mentioned the oth, or King's Own, except the two flank companies, the grenadiers and light infan-, try. The withdrawing of so large a -force.from that quarter shews clearly that all apprehensions of a war with America have entirely vanished. Letters from Rio. Janeiro, dated the 3d of - August, state, that Sir SIDNEY SHITH was preparing au Ex pedition, the military part of • which was to consist of 2000 ERglish and 3000 Portuguese troops, and the destination of which was kept a profound secret. - We'understand it is the intention of his Majesty's Government • to make , two landings in Catalonia. One with a large body of troops in the Bay of Rosas, close to the ,Pyrenees, in order to oppose the en trance of the French forces expelled from Italy and the other, with a smaller body, but a vast quail.' tity of artillery, ammunition,• and stores, at TortGsa, at the mouth of the Ebro. l'ortOsa is considered.the best placefor forming a depot, as it affords a,facility of water carriage into the centre of Arragon and Navarre, by means of the Euro, and canals com municating with that river, at the same time that it can afford convenient supplies to the British and Spanish armies in Catalonia. It is also very well situated for communicating with Gibraltar and Ca diz. A Cabinet Council was held, within these few days, at the Board of Trade, Whitehall, which was attended by the Duke of PORTLAND, Earls C 464- DEN and BATHURST, Viscount CASTLEREAGH, Lord HAWKESBURY, Mr. CAI:INING, and Mr. PERU:VAL. The Bank Dire&ors, and a number of the principal •Bankers in the City waited upon the Council, and represented the very great inconvenience that per sons in trade, and the public at large, experience from the present wretched state of the silver coin, as well as from the scarcity of it. The Council, af ter listening to the representation from such a re speelable assembly, determined to order a new coinage of halt crow as, shillings and sixpences, - with all possible dispatch. _ _ The following - letter from Gottenburgh has been received by a mercantile house in Glasgow, dat e d 06tober 3.—" All hopes of an accommodation be tween Russia and Sweden are - again frustrated. The Swedes have met with some most severe losses in Finland, the Russians having got large reinforcements. The brave Swedes fight with such desperation' that one -Regiment of Finnish.GuardS is said to have been entirely cut to pieces, with the exception of two Officers. The king has not published any accounts yet of the last . dreadful s battle." The Princess of WALES'S Apartments in Kensing ton Palace, are expelled to be in complete readiness for the reception of her Royal Highness about the Ist of January-next. The principal accommodations will consi.st of a drawing-room, or saloon; a waiting room,, a bed-chamber, and an eating-room. -_,The residue of the apartments are to consist of anti-rooms. The hangings of the rooms are of a deep crAson and white. Avery elegant crimson bed, with bronze and gilt ornaments, has been erected. Three superb chandeliers, with diamond-cut drops, and appropriate lustres, have been introduced. The furnitcre is not yet brought in ; it is said to be wholly after the Gre cian costume. The bed goes into a recess, which giyes it rte appearance of a throne ; the curtains are lined with yellow. It is added, that the Princess in tends seeing a vast deal of company at Kensingtun during the fashionable season. Convoys will appcttnted to sail from Cork, for the West Indies, loth December, 18OR ; koth,Ja nu:try, 10th Fehrulry (provided that a suflicient number of Ships shall have assembled at Cork, on that day, to render it necessary), loth March, lOth June, loth August, ioth 061ober, and loth De cember, 1809. M. M. BRINKMAN, the new Minister from Stock holm to our Court, has arrived in . town : yesterday, he had a long conference with Mr. CANNING, at the Foreign Office. • The Officers who presented the piece of Plate to Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY -in Portugal, 'have been censured for having confined the expression of their high sense of his services, " from the time of landing to the termination of his command in the a&iou of Vimiera," and this limited praise has been thought to imply a condemnation of those who aEted snbsequently to that period. This is surely what. Dr. JOHNSON termed " an operose deduaion ;" for the Officers in question merely intended to testify their respeB. for Sir AaTHWR WELLESLEY, and their admiration of - his military conduct during a particular „period, and it is violently forcing an inference to refer their language to any thing else. It would be Just as absurd to suppose that the Officers intended to condemn measures which took place previous to the titne,specified, as to what occurred after that period. ??Sat it is not wonderful that party spirit should re sort to conje&ure, and try conclusions," as SHAE:- `;'.•EARE has it, when it is destitute of fa s. I Some - of the most violent declaimers against the • Convention of Cintra begin now to shew some symp , toms of a disposition to retract, and not to consider it as so very bad a compa& as they had represented. It is not impossible that' they may wish that' they had not gone. quite so far, as they will appear in a very awkward 'predicament if their censure should be ;found to he erroneous as well as premature. For our part, while we regretted that such a re sult should have attended such a glorious triumph of our arms, we felt the strong obligations of justice, and what was due to• the charaaer of Bri tish Officers, who should be heard in explana tion and defence, and not consigned to punishment and infamy, according to the precipitate decisions of party prejudice, and personal enmity, which we have reason to believe were the motives of many of .those outrageous eflUsiOns of scurrility that have overwhelmed the columns of several of the daily Prints.' Mr. JEFFERSO‘N has been called a Philosopher ; ought certainly to have some philosophy in his nature, in order to bear the indigoaiion of his own countrymen, and *the contempt of all mankind, for having laid an independent Go vernment prostrate at the throne of the most de testable Tyrant that chance ever elevated into the power of doing mischief, and who has, on all ,pc- CAsions, exerted that power,' without any restraint of consci.nice, justice , or gratitude.— How different will the names of WASHINGTON and JEFFERSON ap pear in the Recordsait American History ! ! The, Gentlenian who* disposed of the acre and a .half of ground at Worthing, for so high a price as near six thousand pounds, has, it seems, about forty acres more. If they should sell at a proportionate price, he will have no reason to visit India, for a fortune. The Tragedy of Pizarro was announced kir Tues day at the King's Theatre, but the Managers have wisely substituted The Mourning Bride. There was a strong prejudice against the representation of this play before the calamity at Covent-Garden Theatre, and many superstitious people were absurd enough to consider that calamity as a judgment upon the Proprietors. The prejudice, however r isvery preva lent, and therefore it is prudent to give way to it, particularly as the piece in question is an opprobrium upon Spain, which the noble conduct of its present inhabitants ought to eifice from the national cha raCter.—lt would not be a difficult matter to re modify this play, by . converting the Spaniards into Frenchnien, and placing the scene of action in Spain. That country would doubtless atibrd many a patriotic Rolla, though it is hardly possible to find an Alonzo among the present race of Frenchmen. If an alte ration of this kind were judiciously accomplished, the piece would have the charm of novelty, height ened by the sympathy of all who have hearts capa ble of feeling the.worth of patriotism and a true spirit of independence. At the final close of the poll yesterday, in the Ward of Farringdon Without, the numbers stood thus : For Mr. Murrell - - 401 Crook - - 343 , Miller - . 36 Mr. Murrell was declared duly eleded. BIRMINGHAM MUSIC FESTIVAL.—The following were the sums received on the respe&ive days : WEDNESDAY. Taken at the Church ,Cl2B to 6 Collection at ditto 2 4 2 7 31 0 At the Theatre - - - 1 7 91. 492 0 ° At the Ball - - z>o 14 0 943 11 91 iiiUH AY. Taken at the Church 1128 8 o Collettion at ditto 3 62 .7 5 . . 9 0 1 5 5 At the Theatre - - - 14 709 z 6 6 At the Ball (719 persons at 65.) 2, 5 i 4 o - zz t 6 • s II FRIDAY. Taken at the Church 841 19 o Culledion at ditto 3Z2 14 0 7 - Ir -- 1164 13 0 At the Theatre - • - 758 17 6 At the Bull - - 49 4 3 _ - 1 97 2 1 4 6 To whi;:h add profit for books, &c. - 5332 12 2i 179 0 0 Total gross receipts - - - Zisit 12 2i When the whole of the expences , arc paid, up wards of 32001. it is expe6led, will be left for the Charity. The receipts in 1805 were 42221.65. 4d.— in 1802, 38201. 17s.—in t i 99, 26501. os. 6d.—and in 170, 20131. 18s. STEPHEN KEMBLE has purchased the Whitehaven Theatre, and has'obtained the licence. This. Theatre was built by AUSTIN, one.of the very few" Perfor mers who figure in CHURCHILL'S Rosciad, and who for his private and protessionalperits deserved a bet-. ter record than •` A s z‘N would always flutter in French silks," which was probably only said because it furnished - a rhyme in "AcKmatt would NORA: s be , and PACKER WI LKS." N AVA L NEWS.. • PLYMOUTH, Om 20.—A French Lugger Priva teer was discovered this morning within the Edystonc Light-house after laying there a short time, she stood to the Southward, and about one o'clock cap _ tured a Brig coming up Channel, about three miles without the Light-house, supposed lo be an Ameri can. On this being seen from Maker Heights, the Ablive E xcise Gutter, Capt. KINSMAN, immediately weighed from Cawsand Bay, and stood after the Privateer and her Prize, under a press of sail ; she came up fast with the Brig, and no doubt is enter. tained of her being retaken in a few hours—and hopes are entertained of the capture of.the enemy's Privateer, : which appeared to be full of men. A. Ship and a Lugger are now standing down Channel, the latter supposed to be also a French Privateer; a consort with the one that captured the Brig. Sailed the Orestes and L'Eclair Sloops of War to the Westward, supposed for Spain. gIISERNESS, OCT. 20a—Arriv:'d the Richmond Gun-brig, Lieut. WALKER, from the Northward-, with c vcaty-six for th.t Royal Marines. Sailed the Bravedageren Gun-brig, Lieut. DENNIS, with convoy, for Heligoland. The Sarpen Sloop came into the Little Nore. DOVER, OCT. 2 1.- 7 The Fleet of Transports which passed yesterday to the Westward, were ,all drivers back into the Roads i❑ the night, the wind at N.W. and bIO - Wing a heavy gale. The Transports were dispersed in every direEtion ; about go of them were driven over close to the French Coast ; the Liberty, marked U. F. has come in here totally disrnasted ; the Schooner. William (of and for Carmarthen), THOMAS, from London, was driven on shore on the Beach near Dungeness ; but the tide flowing very high, she floated off, but 'filled with water imme— diately the crew bad just time to save themselves iz their boat before she went down. DEAL, OCT. 2. 1.--Catne down from the River, the Alligator, MORETON, for Hayti. Put back this morning, by adverse winds, the outward-bound, &c. which sailed ; yesterday; but the, wind getting noW more favourable, the greatest part of them have -gain sailed : except the Transports with troops on board for foreign service, and, Cie &Welt ' CVNDY, for , :, having received damage by a ship running foul of her in the Channel, since which accident two of ber crew have not been heard of. , Portismov Ocr. It 1 .—ArriYeti the Lady Cath— cart, —, from Gibraltar; and - the Oporto, Coy's, from Gijon, in Spain. Sailed the Endeavour, HARLEY, and Camilla, GOODHALL, for Sunderland. Arrived Fis Mpjesty's Ships Sharpshooter arid La Fleche irom a cruize. Sailed His Majesty's Brig Escort for Guernsey. The Expedition, now at St. Helen's, is ordered to Yarmouth Roads (Isle of Wight) to wait a fair wind. GIMENC•Cit, OcT. Eden, REDMATNEs arrived here yesterday from St. Domingo : sailed thence 21st, August, in company with the Specula' Lion, LYNASs, for Liverpool; parted in about a Week, in consequence of her being rather leal t f'; On the Bthecurt. when off Holyhead, she rieuced`a tremendous gale, which filled her 1145 t; and "caused 'them to throw 13 overb 6ar On the 12th, Capt. R. was obliged to put into Bel . fast Loch, where he r ema i ne d t h ree d ays. On Fri day last sa w a Ship an d a B arque i ns id e the Craig, of Ailsa, and supposes they . must have run for Lochryn. The Northern Light Houses' Yacht, Capt. CAL DER, arrived here !ast night, having a Surveyor on board; for the purposes of inspeaing the Light Houses on the Coast. Sir - Haw DALRYMPLE was obliged to remain OP board the Phcebe Frigate till an Order of Council ar rived, to release her from performing quarantine. Letters from Madeira were received in town yes terday; dated 3d Oduber. His. Majesty's Ship .Be.• venge, the Hon. Capt. PAGET, arrived there on the 9tli of September, with ten Sail of outward-bound Indiamen, whalers, &c. and sailed again on the 3d of O&ober. His Majesty's Ship Aeptune, Sir T' WILLIAMS, had touched there on her voyage to the West Indies. The Letters brought by the Alban Cutter from the Brazils were delivered yesterday ; they do not crud' taro any thing remarkable. The Lightning Botritb, with her Convoy, arrived at Rio Janeiro on the .0° July ; the Streatham Indiaman, which put in there to repair her damage, sailed for India en, tb ° 31st July. It is a little singular that Sir FRANCIS BuRDET I '' who was gratuitously returned to Parliament by 3 certain portion of, the inhabitants of Westminster, '. did not condescend to attend toe Meeting in West - minster-Hall on Thursday. As to the asscrtioo, that he could not be preient because. he was attend' ing his friend Mr. H. ToticE, it is scarcely deserving of notice. Sir FRANCIS surely Could spare two hour s from the duties of trendship to attend to the in' (crests . of his Constituents. But the tack is, we l' e c i lieve,Sir FRANCIS diet not like the Meeting, a n therefore chose to ad by proxy. . . i